Buoyed by higher oil prices, the Ecuadorian economy experienced a modest recovery in 2000-01, with GDP rising 2. 3 % in 2000 and 5. 4 % in 2001.

Buoyed by continued rapid growth, the economy has maintained a relatively low rate of unemployment.

Buoyed by their recent victory over British troops, the Buenos Aires cabildo deposed the Spanish viceroy on May 25, 1810, vowing to rule in the name of Ferdinand VII.

Buoyed by his defeat to Guillemot, Nurmi's races became a series of experiments which he analyzed meticulously.

Buoyed by the title track and first single, the album entered the charts at No. 1 and number 7 on the pop charts, Run D. M. C.

Buoyed by his military successes, Bruce's forces also invaded Ireland in 1315, purportedly to free the country from English rule ( having received a reply to offers of assistance from Donal O ' Neil, king of Tyrone ), and to open a second front in the continuing wars with England.

Buoyed along by the popularity of synthpop at the time, the song reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.

Buoyed by a strong oil sector in the 1960s and 1970s, Venezuela's governments were able to maintain social harmony by spending fairly large amounts on public programs including health care, education, transport, and food subsidies.

Buoyed by liberation and prophetic promise, the Florentines embraced Savonarola ’ s campaign to rid the city of " vice ".

Buoyed by the windfall, Luther announces his retirement and advises Hooker to seek out an old friend, Henry Gondorff, in Chicago, to teach him “ the big con .” Unfortunately, their victim was a numbers racket courier for vicious crime boss Doyle Lonnegan.

Buoyed by this instruction, the pagan senators, led by Aurelius Symmachus, the Prefect of Rome, petitioned in 384 for the restoration of the Altar of Victory in the Senate House, which had been removed by Gratian in 382.

Buoyed by a changing musical current, in June 1992 Pulp released " O. U. ( Gone, Gone )" on Gift while Fire finally released Separations in the same month.

Buoyed by the success of the Plano Real, Cardoso decided to run for the Presidency and, backed by President Franco, won in the first round of elections, on October 3, 1994.

Buoyed into 12 years in office by his popular defiance of federal court desegregation orders, Faubus turned a blind eye to gambling in Hot Springs.

Buoyed by the Ottoman disasters on land and sea, and their own military successes, the Greeks refused to accept anything less than full independence.

Buoyed by a highway commission statement which stated that no highway should be pushed through an incorporated city without the city ’ s approval, the citizens voted to incorporate in 1967.

Buoyed by the success of the 1943 election, Curtin held a referendum in which would give the government control of the economy and resources for five years after the war was over.

Buoyed by Bohemond's return, the northern Franks over the summer of 1103 attacked Ridwan of Aleppo in order to gain supplies and compelled him to pay tribute.

Buoyed by the initial legitimacy provided by Paz and Gutierrez's support, the dictator ruled with a measure of civilian support until 1974, when the main parties realized he did not intend to hold elections and was instead using them to perpetuate himself in power.

Buoyed by the strong critical reception and profitability of the film, Fox assigned much of the credit to the central performance by Michael Rennie.

Buoyed by their strong showings, the Boks stamped their authority on their opponents in their remaining two tests to seal their first Tri-Nations trophy since 1998.

Buoyed by improved investor confidence due to positive political developments and strong corporate results the CSE continued to achieve strong growth in 2007, as the ASPI surged passed the 3, 000 mark for the first time in its history on February 13, reaching a record high for the seventh consecutive day.

Buoyed by the new additions to an already strong team, the Red Sox charged into first place in the 1978 AL East race.

Buoyed by the then-dominant Synthpop sound of the time and a memorable performance on Top of the Pops, " Tainted Love " rapidly reached # 1 on the UK singles chart, eventually repeating the feat in 17 territories.

Buoyed by this success, the BBC set out a plan, the " V for Victory " campaign, for which they put in charge the assistant news editor Douglas Ritchie posing as “ Colonel Britton ”.

Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution.

Buoyed by this, he managed to secure a financially rewarding move to Charleroi in Belgium for the 1987 / 8 campaign, but was yet again struck down by injury, and in the new year was back in England on a short term deal with Wimbledon, where he managed to help the Dons beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final, finally avenging his defeat against Liverpool in the European Cup Final 7 years earlier.

Buoyed by her acclaim and success, she left the Tesco supermarket checkout for the airwaves, the small screen, the charts and stardom.

Buoyed by the success of their later albums, the album stayed on the charts for a then-record 171 weeks, and was certified gold ( and later platinum and double platinum ).

Buoyed by the success of the race and with the backing of local newspapers, Fletcher raised the money to pay for 13, 000 planks shipped from San Diego to Holtville, California.

" Buoyed by the critical response and initial public enthusiasm for the show, Herman and company ignored a number of warning signs.

Buoyed by the completion of an impressive new 2, 000 seated stand at the Showgrounds, the free-scoring Sky Blues were playing an exciting and unstoppable brand of football, however finished the season with little to show for their season as they finished runners-up in the Ulster Cup, County Antrim Shield and First Division.

Buoyed by this success, the company soon expanded its line of products made from reconstituted wood to include I-beams for floor joists and rafters.

Buoyed by the defence ministry nod, the state government decided to hand over of land to the civil aviation ministry for developing infrastructure for night landing.

Buoyed by the enormous success of King Kong in 1933 and its profitable theatrical reissues in 1938, 1942, and 1946, RKO had great hopes for Mighty Joe Young.

Buoyed by " religious tourism " and by the rise of a conservative Hindu population compelled by sites that speak to the existence of an all-India Hindu culture, the Chota Char Dham has become an important destination for pilgrims from throughout South Asia and the diaspora, particularly Bengalis, Marwaris, Oriyas, Marathis, Gujaratis, Delhites and people from Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Buoyed by fan support which reached 3, 000 spectators at home games, Fuego were resurgent: impressive early-season wins over the Southern California Seahorses and the San Fernando Valley Quakes kept them in the hunt for the playoffs, and their impressive home form meant that, by the end of the year, they were one of the four teams battling for the two playoff spots.

Buoyed by the success of that first summer, the Haubergs agreed to provide the location and financial support for a second summer workshop, and then a third.

Buoyed by its minor success, the party organised a Stop the Coloured Invasion rally in Trafalgar Square with banners displayed proclaiming Keep Britain White in May 1959 which drew a crowd of 3, 000 to hear speeches by Bean, Fountaine and White Defence League leader Colin Jordan.

Buoyed by Garnett's enthusiasm and influenced by the Paris evenements of May 1968, he wrote Occupations, a stage play about Gramsci and the Fiat factory occupations of 1920s Italy.

Lincoln understood that the Federal government's power to end slavery was limited by the Constitution, which before 1865, committed the issue to individual states.

Relations between the two countries have not always been cordial due to the former French government's policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's Cabinda province and the international Angolagate scandal embarrassed both governments by exposing corruption and illicit arms deals.

Property-for-debt or equity-for-debt swaps ( acquiring ownership by simply writing off the Armenian government's debts to Russia ) are usually the method of acquiring assets.

Although most legislation is initiated by the executive branch, the Bundestag considers the legislative function its most important responsibility, concentrating much of its energy on assessing and amending the government's legislative program.

He was succeeded by Asquith, who stepped up the government's radicalism.

Early descriptions of the production process and glazing techniques used for bricks can be found in the Song Dynasty carpenter's manual Yingzao Fashi, published in 1103 by the government official Li Jie, who was put in charge of overseeing public works for the central government's construction agency.

Hussein learned of the agreement when it was leaked by the new Russian government in December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous telegrams from Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him that the British government's commitments to the Arabs were still valid and that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was not a formal treaty.

Fear of a nuclear war spurred the production of public safety films by the United States federal government's Civil Defense branch that demonstrated ways on protecting oneself from a Soviet nuclear attack.

Foreign relations were severely affected by the government's hesitance and stalling of the extradition of Croatian general Janko Bobetko to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ), and inability to take general Ante Gotovina into custody for questioning by the Court.

The first negotiated cease-fire with the M-19 ended when the guerrillas resumed fighting in 1985, claiming that the cease-fire had not been fully respected by official security forces, saying that several of its members had suffered threats and assaults, and also questioning the government's real willingness to implement any accords.

The movement is supported by the Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel, an American organization that provides funding to Masorti programs, which are disadvantaged by the Israeli government's practice of funding only Orthodox institutions.

Chiang especially antagonized Li by taking possession of ( and moving to Taiwan ) US $ 200 million of gold and US dollars belonging to the central government that Li desperately needed to cover the government's soaring expenses.

Maritime trading patterns shifted considerably from mainly trading with New England, Britain, and the Caribbean, to being focused on commerce with the Canadian interior, enforced by the federal government's tariff policies.

* Anti-Somozistas who had supported the revolution but felt betrayed by the Sandinista government – e. g. Edgar Chamorro, prominent member of the political directorate of the FDN, or Jose Francisco Cardenal, who had briefly served in the Council of State before leaving Nicaragua out of disagreement with the Sandinista government's policies and founding the Nicaraguan Democratic Union ( UDN ), an opposition group of Nicaraguan exiles in Miami.

One of the first building was the Asmara President's Office: this former " Italian government's palace " was built in 1897 by Ferdinando Martini, the first Italian governor of Eritrea.

In the 1920s, the Italian Fascist government's Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro ( OND ) allowed working women to attend various entertainment and recreation events, including sports that in the past had traditionally been played by men.

They resented the changes imposed on the Roman Catholic Church by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy ( 1790 ) and broke into open revolt in defiance of the Revolutionary government's military conscription.

Germany spent 0. 37 per cent of its gross domestic product ( GDP ) on development, which is below the government's target of increasing aid to 0. 51 per cent of GDP by 2010.

Germany spent 0. 37 per cent of its gross domestic product ( GDP ) on development, which is below the government's target of increasing aid to 0. 51 per cent of GDP by 2010.

On the day parliament opens, the Governor-General makes a speech, entirely written by the government, explaining the government's proposed legislative program.

The Honduran government's medium-term economic objectives, as dictated by the IMF, were to have generated real GDP growth of 3. 5 percent by 1992 and 4 percent by 1993.